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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 16.pdf
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1886
| Dec | 1 | Ad is fixing up at wood rack for the slaugh |
| 2 | Ad went to the funeral of Mrs Wm White she was buried at Mallorytown | |
| 3 | Ad helped Bruce to thrash they had Stacies stem one they thrashed over 500 bushel of oats in the afternoon for Ad helped Bruce to finish his thrashing | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening | |
| 6 | Ad took bags of feed to Bruces & got them ground with the steam grinder it did good work | |
| sold the pet cow to Goodall for $21 | 7 | Ad boarded up some places in the cow stables & some other fixings about the stables |
| 8 | Ad went to Delta to the Nomination Members of Parliament for both houses him D Copland was appointed as delegates for our school section | |
| 9 | Ad went to Sand Bay to see & get someone to chop cordwood he agreed with a Mr King to chop 50 cord | |
| 10 | Ad brought home from Wallaces the Holsten Bull calf it has been all summer & did some fixing on the stable | |
| 11 | Ad drew home 2 loads of straw for bedding fine warm day snow nearly gone of the roads & fields | |
| 12 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning fine day | |
| 13 | rain last night & this morning & most of the day no work | |
| Ad sold Holstein Bull calf the calf that he got Johnston to Mr Lynch | 14 | snowed about 4 inches last night fine morning Ad killed the 3 pigs this afternoon Bruce & Birion helped |
| 15 | Ad cut up some dry timber in the bush for wood I am spooling some for Jennet fine day | |
| 16 | Ad is drawing the falling timber out of the bush to the house fine cold day | |
| 17 | Ad went to Sand Bay with the jumper to see about the swamp roads he says that they are good but there is no slaughing on the roads | |
| 18 | Ad is cuting up the big Ellem tree that fell last summer for wood & the other dead timber in the bush in the forenoon they drew it home in the afternoon Philo helped a little drizzling snow | |
| 19 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening | |
| 20 | Ad oiled his harness & cut some old wood in the bush & other chores |
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